The Economics of Nature Working Group (EoNWG) is a coalition of cross–sectoral stakeholders (including RSPB, Ulster Wildlife, Ecosystems Knowledge Network (EKN), Business in the Community and Queen’s University Belfast).
It aims to raise awareness and understanding of the natural capital concept and assess the potential of this approach to inform policy and decision making in Northern Ireland.

The UK Natural Capital Committee’s has called for ‘pioneer projects to test different initiatives’ which can help move the natural capital agenda ‘from aspiration to practical delivery’. One of the key focusses of the Working Group is to consider how the natural capital approach can move from policy into practice.
The Group secured funding from DAERA to undertake pioneering natural capital pilots in Northern Ireland. More detail on the pilot projects can be accessed here.